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  1. So far all the DVD's I've made I've used presentation screens with transitions to start a movie, ie. Title, who's in it and so on. The edit job I'm working on now I'm using a menu and setting chapter points as well as the presentation screens with transitions. When a newly entered video clip reaches it's end on the time line the time line automatically returns to the beginning of the movie. I have to stop short of the end of the new inserted clip to add a transition or next clip. This did not happen when I wasn't using a menu. Should I wait to add the Menu and chapter points untill after the editing is compleat?

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    I usually add all the clips and then add menu and motion buttons and chapters. There is a option return to menu which you dont wanna use(look for this, its a backward flag in the timeline). The clip will pay untill it reaches this flag and then return to the start menu.
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  3. Redd, is this what you are trying to do ?

    clip, menu, clip(chapter1, chapter2), menu, clip
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  4. I started with a DVD type menu, then added title, transition, title and so on until I was finished with all the intro's. Then I added clip, transition, clip and so on for the movie. The Menu's first chapter point is flagged at the first title page. I changed the name form chapter 1 to Start Movie with a hotkey for the first chapter flag. So obviously click on start movie and it takes the viewer to the first title page and goes on from there.

    What's happening now is... I insert a movie clip on the time line and watch that clip for editing purposes. When the clip reaches it's end, the movie will automatically go to the beginning and start again from the menu. I have placed some other chapter points in, but I didn't put in any backward flags in.

    I was wondering if I should complete the movie, then insert the menu in at the beginning and then place the chapter points.
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  5. I am sorry. I am confused.

    1. I always edit movie first and only after that I am adding DVD Menu, but I don't believe that doing it your way is wrong. It should work.

    2. I tested small project

    clip, menu, clip1 with ch.p.1, clip2 with ch.p.2, clip3 with ch.p.3

    when I play project from timeline and it will reach end of the project it returns to menu..... Is this what you are experiencing ? I don't think it should be problem. Is it ?
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  6. I'm doing...
    Menu-Transition-Title-Transition-clip-transition-clip-transition-clip...and so on.
    If I let it play to the end of a clip or transition in the time line, it will return to the menu. So I have to stop short, then add the next clip or transition.
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  7. Redd,
    I'm sorry to say that I also do not understand what the problem is that you are having. what do you mean by "So I have to stop short,"

    the one thing I would reccomend is not to have a transition right after the menu, I did that once and the menu did not look right in the final dvd. maybe I was doing something wrong, but just keep on eye on it jsut in case.
    also, I guess there is no right or wrong on how you go about adding items to the timeline, but I find it easier to leave the menus for last.
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  8. What I mean by stopping short is...To stop the time line play (pause) before it gets to the end of the clip or transition.
    I finally finished, it's rendering to mpeg2 now so I'll post how the menu looks on the DVD. I did follow the menu with a transition.
    As far as adding the menu's after all the editing is done, I agree. That's a good idea. If having the menu in first causes the time line to restart when it reaches the end of a clip, then it would be much easier putting the menu in last and setting the chapter points then.

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    I think what you are talking about, to solve this highlight the entire presentation and then play. Or you can click the menu>hit play in the small preview window and use those buttons to navigate ie choose chapter , skip chapters etc

    hope this helps
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  10. Originally Posted by Mrsash
    I think what you are talking about, to solve this highlight the entire presentation and then play. Or you can click the menu>hit play in the small preview window and use those buttons to navigate ie choose chapter , skip chapters etc

    hope this helps
    This would be fine if it were a compleated job. Problem that this happens during the editing job.

    Well my other problem is I haven't been able to render a mpeg2 after finishing the editing. It would stop at the same place on the time line at the beginning of the same clip. This happened three times. I tried removing the clip in question, no help. I tried writing over the incomplete mpeg...no help. I tried deleting the mpeg and creating it again...no help, still stopped at the exact same place.

    So...What I just did was remove the menu. The mpeg2 is creating fine at this point with the menu removed and it's well past the point where it would quit before. Go figure????

    After the mpeg is finished I'll author and burn to disk. Then I'll try putting a new menu and chapter points back in and see what happens.
    Hope I get lucky.
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  11. Project rendered fine after removing menu.
    PS8 Studio Deluxe...*Ya gets what ya pays for*

    For not too much more I wouldn't be bothering with this crap.
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  12. Okay, here's the deal.
    When highlighting a clip\(R) Click\ Choose set chapter point, Pinnacle sets the chapter point over too far between the transition and the clip. That's why rendering an mpeg would get stuck at that point. Of course this is not true for all chapter points. Some of them work fine the way Pinnacle sets them. They have to be checked one at a time to see which ones work and which ones don’t. By moving the chapter point over a little more into the clip, then it works and will render the mpeg. Weird. We all should charge Pinnacle for time served getting their program to work.
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    So far its worked great for me. I am not sure if i mentioned this but i have used it to its fullest with the latest patch, not including the beta pacth and it works wonders. The only grip i have is i cant put two individual audio streams which i can switch between when i watch my kids footage, for that i use reeldvd. I hate reeldvd coz it does not do motion menus and backgreound like PS8, but i guess the two audio stream is more important to me than a glorified menu which you look at for a sec or two. Oh yes try killing the ligos mpeg codec for playback if you can to see if it helps i found after installing that my powerdvd takes a lot of time to play anything. i still have this prob but not as bad 1,2,3,4, there it started playing
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  14. Well I got to work once, and only once. No doubt in my mind now that Pinnacle is a cheap..."in regards to programming and workmanship" incredibly low quality piece of crap designed to make money once and only once for Pinnacle. I will never do business with Pinnacle again or use any of their products, nor any products or companies they do business with. PS8 Deluxe will be on my garage sale table this spring...cheap.

    Anyone interested here, let me know. It's cheap!

    Tomorrow I'll be buying Vegas+DVD from Sonic.

    Moral of story..."Ya gets what ya pays for".
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